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Emotional electronics, from Mexicali’s underground beacon: four essential releases
We live in dissonant, uncertain times, and maybe our consciousness struggles if we try to make it fit square corners and easy forms. So now is a perfect time to feature long-time favorite label Facade Electronics out of northern Mexico. Their opening releases of the year, from artists dotting different parts of the world, flow into a narrative — one uncomfortable, sublime, beautiful.
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Must-listen: Claudia Khachan and Ziad Moukarzel in musical dialogue
Have you ever, half-asleep, felt a melody drift with ease through your brain, humming with electricity, only to lose it again? In The Vapornet, Claudia Khachan and Ziad Moukarzel mind-meld in a collaboration that makes that moment come alive.
Peter Kirn - May 2, 2025
Music
TROVARSI x ALX-106 deliver brutal techno fed by serious live chops
Nothing puts life back in the groove quite like playing live. In a pairing of two total legends, Trovarsi and ALX-106 team up to drop some hard-slapping techno in the classic mold out on DC-based Black Techno Matters. And it’s got all the animation of their live sets combined with pitch-perfect production. It’s top-quality techno right when we need it: no hype, no TikTok genres, just a devastating kick from the kick.
Peter Kirn - February 14, 2025
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Worlds of sound from hacked hard drives, piano-triggered modular
Peter Kirn - February 7, 2025
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A fantasy combo of Chicago footwork and Polish folk rhythmic asymmetry
Peter Kirn - November 21, 2024
Music
Journey to the forests of the Amazon and Poland with blind artist Izabela Dłużyk
Peter Kirn - November 12, 2024
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Brahmaputra to AI: debashis sinha on practice, body, humanness, and his double release
Peter Kirn - March 23, 2023
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